treason

(noun)

The crime of betraying one's government.

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Examples of treason in the following topics:

  • The Burr Conspiracy

    • The Burr Conspiracy was a suspected act of treason led by former U.S.
    • The Burr Conspiracy of 1807 was a suspected act of treason among planters, politicians, and army officers led by former U.S.
    • President Thomas Jefferson and others had Burr arrested and indicted for treason despite having no firm evidence.
    • Burr was acquitted of treason, but the trial destroyed his already faltering political career.
    • Burr was charged with treason due to the alleged conspiracy and stood trial in Richmond, Virginia.

  • Colonies in Crisis

    • Leisler was arrested by these forces, who tried him for treason.

  • Domestic Turmoil During the Adams Presidency

    • Thirty men went on trial in Federal court: Fries and two others were tried for treason and sentenced to be hanged.
    • President John Adams, however, pardoned Fries and the others, prompted by the narrower constitutional definition of treason.

  • The Revolution and Churches

    • Furthermore, loyalty to the church and to its head could be construed as treason to the American cause.

  • Liberty and Property

    • Rothermel's "Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses", a painting of Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!

  • The Declaration of Independence

    • To escape governmental censure for its treasonous content, Paine published Common Sense anonymously.

  • Reconstruction in the South

    • There were no trials for treason.

  • The Trial of Zenger

    • . – I know not what Reason is if sapping and betraying the Liberties of a People be not Treason. – almost all over the Earth, the People for one Injury they do their Governor, receive Ten Thousand from them.

  • The Virginia and New Jersey Plans

    • Variations also proposed that state governments must be bound by oath to support the Articles, that a policy should be established to handle territorial disputes, and that the offenses deemed as treason should be defined.

  • The Sovereign States

    • For example, although the federal government prosecutes crimes against the United States (such as treason or interference with the postal system), the general administration of criminal justice is reserved to the states.